The Annual NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Festival, hosted by OBSSR and in collaboration with the NIH BSSR Coordinating Committee, will be held virtually on December 8 and 9, 2022, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST each day. The festival showcases exciting research results, emerging areas, and innovations in health related BSSR.

NIH OBSSR Director’s Blog discusses natural experiment research at NIH.

NIH OBSSR Director’s Blog discusses firearm violence prevention research.

NIH OBSSR Director’s Blog shares a brief summary of a recently completed report produced by a Council of Councils working group: Integration of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that was approved by the full Council.

This blog is to highlight some exciting career paths at NIH for behavioral and social scientists that offer the opportunity to be highly engaged in shaping the future of the scientific enterprise.

This blog reflects public service and gratitude, and discusses racism and health, the opioid and pain crises in the U.S., COVID-19 and firearm violence, injury and prevention.

The 15th NIH Matilda White Riley Behavioral and Social Sciences Honors will be held on Friday, June 3, 2022, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET. This half-day event features a keynote address from the 2022 Distinguished Lecturer, Dr. David R. Williams, and highlights innovative research from five Early-Stage Investigator (ESI) Honorees, who were selected out of more than 250 submissions to our ESI paper competition.

NIH OBSSR Director’s Blog provides an update on the NIH Social, Behavioral, and Economic (SBE) Initiative on the Health Impacts of COVID-19.

NIH OBSSR Director’s Blog discusses the case for ontology building and use in the behavioral and social sciences and describes some NIH activities in this area.

An NIH-sponsored special issue of the American Journal of Public Health shares diverse perspectives on biopsychological, behavioral, and social research gaps and opportunities to address the pain and opioid crises, and it highlights new collaborations for scientific advancements.